Sleeping Through The Night

[Aliantha]

Max is just on the verge of sleeping through the night. He did it for a whole week two weeks ago, but then last week he started waking up during the night again, so last night I decided not to respond to his 'noises' unless they got a bit desperate sounding. He ended up semi waking off and on for about three hours during the night, but he never got anywhere close to crying. He did make what I recognise as his calling noise, but when he got no response to it, he seemed to more or less settle himself back to sleep again. I'm hoping that over the next few days we'll get him all sorted and he'll more or less sleep through most nights from there on.

He's nearly 4 months old now, so I don't think it's being harsh on him. Both of my other boys started sleeping through from about 2 months. Aden was only 6 weeks. I guess all babies are different. I'm definitely learning that this time around.

At what age did your baby start sleeping through the night? Did it just happen (as it did with my first two) or did you go through a similar process to what I'm trying out now?